This is a lovely warming dessert for the winter and is easy and quick to whip up. Dates are in plentiful supply in the supermarkets at this time of year, so it makes for a handy, seasonal pud. I rarely have left overs as my family usually come back for seconds, but if you do, the pudding heats up nicely in the microwave.
Ingredients
- 100g Brown sugar
- 175g self raising flour
- 125ml Full fat milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 50g melted unsalted butter
- 200g chopped dates
Sauce:
- 110ml double cream
- 55g diced butter
- 55g dark muscovado sugar
- 1 tbsp black treacle
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tbsp maple syrup (if desired or just double up on golden syrup)
Method
- Preheat oven to 190C/170Fan/Gas Mark 5
- Grease a 1.5 litre ovenproof dish (I use a square pyrex dish so that I can portion easily)
- Combine the sugar with the flour
- Add milk to a measuring jug and beat in the egg, vanilla extract and melted butter
- Pour this mixture into the sugar and flour and stir with a wooden spoon to combine all the ingredients
- Fold in the chopped dates
- Spoon into the prepared dish and cook for approximately 40 minutes, remove from the oven and prepare the sauce
- In a saucepan combine all the ingredients and heat gently, stirring all the time, when the butter has melted, turn up the heat and bring to a gentle boil.
- Remove from the heat and pour over the pudding, ready to serve with some delicious ice cream
- Any left over portions can easily be reheated in the microwave
